The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-18
NIANY{LARGE FIRES,

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Much Loss OF Property on the Hottost inv
20 of the summer.
Z New YoRx, July lG.--At three o'clock
this morning tho watchman in charge Of
the huge Metropolitan Storage Ware.
house, 10 and l2l West Thirty.eighlh
street, saw smoke issuing from the lover
story Of the building. It was packed
with furniture, paintings, household
goods and btic.a.brac, mostly belonoins
to wealthy families nov out OF town, and
three a!arms were Bent III quick sue
Cesaion. ~ ID ) =
Several fremen we're sent into the front
Of tho burning warehouse with line OF
hose. Suddenly the gases generated by
tho intense heat exploded with what fire.
men call back draft. The noise waa like
the report Of a Xreat cannon. Six fremen
were hurled into the street, and burned
and bruised they lay on tho Btono pave.
ments. Then their comrades bore them
to places OF safety and sn ambulance was
callen. The ambulance surgeon applied
immediate remediea to the wounded men.
and then they were taken to New York
Hospital. 1t was found that none OF then,
were fatally hurt. The injured iiremen
we,e: 5s Yaiil "a 4. : i -.
Patrick a. Brisn, fireman of Eppine
Company No. 81, aged %, married and
living at Oak street, conclusion of spine.
james Delaney, aged 40, OF Engine
Company No..2 married and living at 90 5
West Tonth street, lacerated sesip and
burns Of lace and hands. S I'd.
lF lOhn Tfpinpr mad 40
at 5oo Willis avenue, superficial burns Of
face and hands. A u. I b,
Peter Veter, ir, foreman Of Epsins
COMPANY No. 20, married, living al III
East Ninetieth street, superficial burns Of
lakeland hands. s;I53iI5 IN r.
Fireman Edward Curley, Of Engine
Company No: 90, aged ~, married and liv.
ing at 35S Fifty-second street, superficial
burns OF face and hands. iggifI'iE
John Douglas and John Conroy, OF En-.
CINE Go. No. !, were slightly injured "a
compared with the rest. : Fireman B,seni
Was outside the bnilding on q ladder with
Fireman Hau!on when the expiosion &c.
CURED. Both were hurled into tho street.
B!een wns injured, but Han!on escaped
With. little damage. " ssSs''p> y
y The fire gained fearful headway. and
the Intense heat began to break the win.
dows of the Normandie Hotel opposito the
burning warehouse. The night wgtch-
man Of tho hotel rushed from room 10
room awakening such Of the guests as had
rot been aroused by the heat and smoke
There were forty people, including many
ladies, in the houes, and they fed in q
panic from their ~ rooms. Women
screamed, and men half clad rushed into
tho streets. The awnings of the hotel
took fire, and it seemed for time an If Il
would DO consumed, but the flames on the
house were extinguiahed, and 1T escaped
with little injury. Il b b Ig5211Fi i.
In the meantime tho fire had spread
from cellar to garrett the big warehouse.
The Casino on the north was threatened s
With destruction. The upper windows of
the theatre were broken by the intense
heat, but the employee of the place light.
ed the gas and helped tbs Gremen to keen
the flames from eating into the theatre.
Mr. Edward AronHoo arrived on the ecers.
and this morning he said to q reporter
that the theatre suffered comparatively
no damage. He had stored in the ware
house about 81 900 worth OF scenery and
1t was total loss. yii?.il2;,]ll i 35 i,
The building was leaasd. by Scion Win.
terbot!om from the Goelet estate. Every
possible precaution had been taken
against fire. Three large fire alarms were
placed In the building. WGtchmen,
clocks and tho most recent inventious for
the prevention Of fire that could be Sc
cured WIRE adopted. In the face Of all
this Mr.. Winterbo.tom did not .hinEl il
necessary to insure anything in the place,
so that bis loss will be almost total ono.
He places his losa at 100000. 81 81
Very ilttie Insurance. was placed on tho
goods In the warehouse aud the loss on
them will be fully $500 600. .f;l 9ss359a.i9 a.